Real Estate News & Articles

Mixed signals for Kelowna Real Estate in 2013

2012-12-28

Other Positive Signals 1. Alberta Oil Prices -while down slightly still providing solid employment and buyers for Kelowna Real Estate 2. Positive cash flow is made easier by low interest rates which will continue for the foreseeable future.…

2-Bedroom Condo Prices: Biggest Bang for Buck

2012-12-20

A new Landcor Data Corp. study Other Condos are the entry point into the real estate market, and across the Lower Mainland we see more and more of them. Canada Mortgage and Housing estimates that from 2009 through 2012, over 34,500 new cond…

BCREA November Stats: Chilliwack Leads BC

2012-12-20

Other The BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Chilliwack posted a province-leading 28.6 per cent increase in November sales compared to last November. BC as a whole saw a 17 per cent month-over-month decline. Chilliwack also rep…

Photo Sharing Platform For realtors - Abodograph connects real estate agents with customers

2012-12-18

Other There are countless photo-sharing apps out there for everything from  food  to  dogs . Now, a former Microsoft and Google engineer is trying to do the same for real estate. It’s called Abodograph , and the idea is…

Trulia & Zillow competing for the US Real Estate market data

2012-12-18

Trulia vs. Zillow: How they stack up after Q3 earnings Other The rivalry between Trulia and Zillow is one of the more entertaining matchups we get to cover. And it has taken on added significance in recent weeks now that both are trying to …

HST to PST: Transition Rules for Real Property

2012-12-18

Other On August 26, 2011, the provincial government announced that it will eliminate the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) by March 31, 2013. Commencing April 1, 2013, in BC the HST will be replaced by the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) and …

New Housing Transitional Rules

2012-12-18

Other The housing transition rules help ensure when people buy a newly constructed home under the PST, whether built entirely under the HST, entirely under the PST, or partly under HST and partly under the PST, they will generally all pay a…

New online resources to help members understand the New Housing Transition Tax and Rebate Act and Regulations

2012-12-13

Other On December 1, 2012, the New Housing Transition Tax and Rebate Act and Regulations came into force. To help you, BCREA has updated its online HST/PST resources, including the “HST to PST: Transition Rules for Real Property&rdquo…

Buy it, Fix it, Flip it

2012-12-13

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Walk Through - can address minor, major misteps

2012-12-13

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How soon will the housing demand recover

2012-12-13

The Soft Gooey Centre Of A Cycle - The $64,000 question is, of course, when (and how soon) will demand recover? Alan Skinner Other As I commence composing this month's Update (and the final edition of 2012), I am gazing at the REBGV Average…

Rental vacancies drop despite GTA condo boom: Report

2012-12-13

Susan Pigg Other It's getting harder to find a rental apartment or condo across the Greater Toronto Area. Keith Beaty / Toronto Star The rental market remains tight across the GTA - and especially in the highly-coveted downtown core - despi…

Portion of condo apartments in rental market on the rise across Canada

2012-12-13

Garry Marr Other In Toronto, easily the largest condo market in the country, 22.6% of that housing is now rental apartments. National Post files Condominiums continue to have a major impact on the apartment market across the country as more…

You can still buy with 5% downpayment

2012-12-06

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Sesame at East 2nd Avenue and Renfrew Street 61 homes in a low-rise

2012-12-06

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The Private Residences at the Hotel Georgia are in a class of their own

2012-12-05

Other The historic Rosewood Hotel Georgia sits in recently-restored glory at the corner of Georgia and Howe Streets, but now there’s a shimmering new Vancouver landmark adjacent to it that includes some of the most desirable condomini…

Metro Vancouver housing action constricts, but "modest" recovery is forecast for 2013

2012-12-05

PETER MITHAM/FRANK O'BRIEN Other For perhaps the first time, Metro Vancouver residential real estate investors could be looking enviously next year at Calgary, Saskatoon and even Fort St. John as a careening market claims victims on the Wes…

Bank of Canada (BoC) Interest Rate Announcement Dec 4, 2012

2012-12-04

Other At 9:00 am EST, Tuesday December 4th, 2012, the Bank of Canada again did what we expected them to do… they maintained their overnight rate. What this means to you if you have a floating / variable rate mortgage, line of credit …

Onni to drop Safeway proposal in response to council comments: president

2012-12-04

Brent Richter Other It appears developer Onni Group is giving up on its proposal to build condos, offices and retail space at the Safeway site on Lonsdale at 13th. In a Dec. 3 letter to City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto and cop…

Tips on getting your home "sale day" ready

2012-11-29

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Boardwalk Phase 2 in Surrey - sales office 7080 180th Street

2012-11-29

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Latitude - show home at 14358 60th Avenue Surrey

2012-11-22

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Dominion in New Westminster a 6-storey low-rise

2012-11-22

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Approval pending for the 344-unit tower development proposed for the Safeway site at Lonsdale Avenue and 13th Street

2012-11-21

Decision expected next week on North Vancouver condo project Brent Richter Other The City of North Vancouver council is expected to decide next week whether to approve an ambitious redevelopment of the Safeway store at Lonsdale Avenue and 1…